"We don’t ask for life. We have it thrust upon us." 01 October 1961 Drama 100 mins
While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.
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Rita Tushingham as Jo
Murray Melvin as Geoffrey Ingham
Paul Danquah as Jimmy
Dora Bryan as Helen
Robert Stephens as Peter Smith
Michael Bilton as Landlord
Eunice Black as Schoolteacher
David Boliver as Bert
Margo Cunningham as Landlady
Rosalie Williams as Nurse
Veronica Howard as Gladys
Moira Kaye as Doris
Peter Sallis as Man (uncredited)
Tony Richardson Director
Tony Richardson Producer
Walter Lassally Director of Photography
Shelagh Delaney Original Story
Shelagh Delaney Screenplay
Tony Richardson Screenplay
John Addison Original Music Composer
Antony Gibbs Editor
Ralph W. Brinton Art Direction
George Frost Makeup Artist
Bill Griffiths Hairstylist
Leigh Aman Production Supervisor
Roy Millichip Unit Manager
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United Kingdom 14 September 1961
United States 30 April 1962
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